I arrived at a clothing store not long after getting into Armis's carriage.
"Put the hood on."
At Armis's words, Lotos deeply pressed the hood of the robe I was wearing over my head.
"Let's go inside."
As I was led into the store by my arms by my two friends, the employees greeted us.
Inside the store, several Young Ladies attending the academy were looking over the clothes.
"Welcome, what kind of clothes are you looking for?"
A female employee in a dress popped out from among the Young Ladies who were glancing at Aramis.
"Oh, yeah, this is the place that specializes in women's clothing, right?"
"Yes... that's right. Are you planning on giving a gift?"
"Not a gift... I want you to make some clothes for this one."
When Aramis took off my robe hood, my brilliant platinum blonde hair was revealed.
"Oh my..."
The employee's eyes began to widen at the sight. Not only that, but the Young Ladies who had been watching Aramis from behind also blushed when they saw my face.
"Uh... uh... so...."
The employee, surprised by my face, stuttered.
"Forget it, make and bring me five shirts, two pairs of leather pants, and three buff coats that fit my body."
I ordered the clothes I wanted with a sulky expression.
"No, bring me some ready-made dresses."
"Dresses? Are you crazy? Are you really going to make me wear that?"
"Of course, now that you've become a woman, you have to wear a dress. Were you planning on dressing like a man?"
"Then am I a man or a woman?"
"You're a woman now."
"..."
I was speechless at Aramis's words.
"Ah... I'm sorry. Just a moment."
The employee went inside and brought someone out.
"I heard from the employee. My name is Gaston Laurent... I am."
The owner of the clothing store, after seeing my face, trailed off and introduced himself.
"I ordered what I wanted from the employee earlier. If you have any ready-made items, please give them to me quickly."
The clothing store owner, regaining his senses at Aramis's words, nodded.
"Ah... yes, I understand. I will prepare it right away."
I followed the employee into a room to measure the length of the clothes.
"Then... I will measure you."
The employee carefully put a leather tape measure on my body and began to measure here and there.
"Hiit...!"
As my nipples were pressed against the leather tape measure while measuring my bust, a strange sound inadvertently leaked out.
"Oh my... I'm sorry. I'm sorry."
"Ah, it's nothing."
The employee was startled by my voice and repeatedly bowed her head.
The measurement started again, and the store owner measured my bust, waist, and hip circumference, and then the employee recorded the measurements.
After various other measurements were completed, I was able to go out of the room.
"Did something happen inside?"
Lotos wiggled his fingers on both hands, making an obscene gesture.
"Don't talk nonsense. I just came out after measuring."
"I know, I just wanted to play a mischievous prank."
"First, please put on the clothes."
The store owner handed me a basket of clothes.
"The clothes are loose, so please put them on and then we will adjust them with a fitting."
I nodded at the store owner's words and went into the room with the basket.
When I went into the room and took out the red dress from the basket, there was underwear underneath.
'Should I... wear this...?'
I grabbed the end of the underwear and lifted it.
The fabric area seemed small and the color was pink, which made it look very erotic.
"Excuse me."
While I was wondering whether or not to wear the underwear, the female employee came in.
"I came to help you try on the clothes."
The female employee bowed to me, who was naked, and then came behind me.
Somehow, I felt embarrassed because I was naked but she had a nonchalant expression.
"Please put on the underwear."
I nodded with a flushed face and put on the unfamiliar women's underwear.
The underwear slid down my legs and up.
I tried to put on the bra, but the hook didn't fasten well.
"Please raise your arms."
I raised my arms with a blush of embarrassment.
The female employee skillfully fastened the bra hook.
My large breasts were slightly compressed by the bra, making it a little uncomfortable to breathe.
After putting on all the underwear, the female employee began to dress me.
She covered my body with the dress and started buttoning it from behind.
After buttoning all the buttons, she folded the hem and secured the folded part with pins, starting the fitting.
"It's done."
The female employee showed me a large mirror.
A beautiful woman with platinum blonde hair and blue eyes was wearing a red dress.
"Wow..."
I had turned into a woman this morning, but this was the first time I was seeing my face directly.
I wondered if this was really my face, so I gently touched my cheeks.
"Are you satisfied?"
"I am very satisfied."
I seemed particularly satisfied with my face.
I came out of the room and approached my friends who were surrounded by Young Ladies and having a conversation.
"Have you put it all on?"
As the store owner approached me, I nodded.
"It suits you very well."
"Hmm... it seems okay. I can just wear it like this and go out, right?"
"Oh no, you have to wear it after tailoring the clothes to fit your body."
"How long do I have to wait?"
"Hmm... our tailor is skilled, so it will be finished soon."
"Okay, hurry up."
"Okay. Please take off the clothes in this state and wait in the room, and the female employee will come and pick up the clothes."
"Hey, how did the clothes turn out?"
While I was talking to the clothing store owner, Aramis approached me.
"Oh, Aramis. As you can see, it turned out pretty well."
I spun around once to show him my appearance.
"Ahem, hmm hmm."
When I waved my hand, Aramis coughed loudly and nodded.
"It looks good."
"Let's go inside."
The female employee took me into the room.
After waiting in the room until the clothes were finished, I put on the finished clothes and came out, and everyone's eyes turned to me.
"What... why... it's a bit embarrassing to be stared at like that."
I scratched my cheek and turned my eyes to the side.
The Young Ladies in the store squealed as they looked at me.
"Is that really Fernand we know?"
Lotos came to me and grabbed my shoulder.
"It's like a completely different person."
I was bothered that Lotos was covering my entire shoulder with one hand, as if it had become smaller as my body changed.
"Okay, I want to go home quickly."
I went to the store door, clearly showing that I was annoyed.
"Excuse me, customer, where should we send the clothes...?"
"Aramis will take care of it."
I closed the store door and got into the carriage.
As I sat with my legs crossed in the carriage and waited, Aramis and Lotos came into the carriage.
"What were you doing that took so long?"
"Is this friend going to live as a bachelor in the same clothes all year round? You have to buy spare clothes."
"Please know that me wearing a dress right now is a huge challenge."
"I bought some dresses and ordered the shirts and pants you ordered."
"Thank you."
I gave Aramis a thumbs up.
"The store owner said he would send the clothes soon, so let's go back now."
"By the way, I have to meet Cardinal Roang in a few days, but I don't have any formal wear. What should I do?"
I looked around at the red dress I was wearing.
I wondered if it would be okay to wear such a colorful dress to church and meet the Cardinal.
"I'll lend you my sister's ceremonial coat, so please wear that."
"Thank you... you're the only one, Aramis..."
I sighed in relief and leaned back against the carriage backrest.
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When the day came to meet Cardinal Roang, I borrowed a mirror from the innkeeper's daughter.
The innkeeper's daughter, Mine, showed me overflowing kindness, saying that she didn't know such a pretty person was staying at her inn.
It felt strange to me that the girl who used to avoid me whenever she saw me before I became a woman was acting like this.
After finishing my daily routine (gambling and drinking) and returning to my room to rest, she would often come to my room with a pillow.
Whenever she complained that I smelled like alcohol and tried to come onto my bed and sleep with me, I often wondered if I, as a man, should give up my spot.
Anyway, after wearing the clothes I had purchased before, along with the ceremonial jacket that Aramis had given me from his sister, I looked pretty good.
"Wow... if the old me saw me, I would have immediately knocked me down to the bed."
I looked in the mirror and turned around, indulging in self-admiration.
Deng~ Deng~
"Oh my, it's already time."
When I heard the bell ringing in the distance from the bell tower, I put the saber in the closet on my waist.
"Hide well. My babies."
I kissed the musket and pistol, which were my number one assets in the closet, and then closed the closet.
When I went out to the square near the inn, Aramis and Lotos were waiting in front of the carriage.
"I'm sorry. I'm too late."
"No, it's understandable that it takes longer to get ready since you've become a woman, keuheuhe!"
"To be honest, I laughed a lot at home too. How can you turn into a woman... *poof*."
"My friend has a disease that changes his body, but you guys are just laughing."
When I turned my head as if I was sulking, Aramis soothed me.
"You get sulky so easily. Think about it the other way around. What would it be like if that friend Lotos became a woman?"
"That friend? As a woman? Euhahahat!"
When I grabbed my stomach and laughed, Lotos hit Aramis's shoulder.
"Hey, why are you bringing me up when you're making an analogy?"
"Isn't that obvious?"
"Well, I think it's funny too."
Lotos, who easily agreed with Aramis's words, nodded repeatedly.
"Everyone, did you bring the Cardinal's letter?"
"Of course, I brought it."
I took out the letter that Cardinal Roang had sent me from my pocket.
"Huh?! Huh?!"
Lotos suddenly fumbled through his inner and outer pockets.
"You... don't tell me?!"
"Here it is!"
When I was restless because I was worried that he had left Cardinal Roang's letter behind, Lotos stuck out his tongue and teased me.
"Oh, this guy?!"
"It seems like this friend is really fun to tease since he became a woman."
Lotos grabbed my head with his palm and messed it up.
I thought about hitting Lotos a few times, but gave up.
"Let's leave quickly before it's too late."
I got on the carriage first, followed by Lotos and Aramis.
"Grimo, please depart to the cathedral."
"Yes, I understand. Irya!"
When Grimo pulled the reins, the horses started moving the carriage with a clip-clop sound.
As I blankly stared at the scenery passing by outside the window, I arrived at the cathedral before I knew it.
There were many people gathered in front of the cathedral.
"I'll be back in a moment, so please wait."
Aramis got out of the carriage and showed the gatekeeper the Cardinal's letter.
The gatekeeper, after seeing the letter, saluted Aramis and opened the gate so that the carriage could pass.
As we entered the cathedral in the carriage, several priests approached our carriage as if they had been waiting for us.
"Let's get off."
Following Aramis, Lotos and I got out of the carriage, and we exchanged greetings with the priests.
"I am Bishop Beong. I have already heard from the Cardinal that you would be coming, but..."
The Bishop looked at me and my two friends and stopped talking.
"Just a moment."
Bishop Beong whispered to a priest, and the priest went inside the cathedral and brought a pure white veil.
"I didn't hear that a woman was coming, so I wasn't able to prepare in advance."
The Bishop slightly lowered his head and handed me the veil.
As I received the veil and had a bewildered expression, Lotos nudged my shoulder.
I quickly came to my senses, put the veil over my head, and followed the Bishop into the cathedral.
The cathedral was filled with colorful stained glass and murals depicting the contents of the Bible.
Aramis passed by the cathedral, made the sign of the cross in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary, and prayed.
Perhaps because I was swept away by the unique atmosphere of the cathedral, Lotos and I also made the sign of the cross and prayed, following Aramis.
"You are very faithful people."
Bishop Beong nodded with a satisfied expression.
When we arrived in front of a huge wooden door with extravagant gold decorations, the Bishop stopped walking.
"This is the Cardinal's office. Please be quiet."
The three of us nodded at the Bishop's words.
Squeak...
The Bishop carefully entered Cardinal Roang's office, had a few words with the Cardinal, and then came out again.
"Yes, Cardinal Roang has asked you to come in."
As the Bishop stepped aside, the priests opened the door and we went inside.
As we carefully entered the office, Cardinal Roang greeted us while looking at paperwork.
Looking at him wearing a red hat and a red priest's robe, it was clear to anyone that he was saying, "I am the Cardinal."
"Our brave warriors who will give their lives for His Majesty Anjou XIV, our great sun."
He dipped the quill's nib into the ink and diligently wrote something on the document.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Cardinal Armand Jean de Roang... I think everyone knows that."
We nodded at his words.
"Did you all read my letters well?"
"Yes, we read them well."
We nodded and answered Armand's question.
"Yes, I'm glad you read them well. I've been keeping an eye on your performance in the war with the Eastern Empire."
Armand finished the paperwork he was doing, put the quill in the pen holder, and took off his glasses.
"So, what the three of you have to do is..."
Armand, who was looking at the three of us, trailed off.
Armand stared at me intently, and then, as if he was worried that he had seen something wrong, he put his glasses back on and looked at me.
His brow furrowed as he stared at me for a long time.
"Who are you?"
'Haa...'
I was already overwhelmed with what to say to his question.